pg_copy_from
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
pg_copy_from — Insert records into a table from an array
Description
pg_copy_from() inserts records into a table from rows. It issues a COPY FROM SQL command internally to insert records.
Parameters
- connection
-
PostgreSQL database connection resource.
- table_name
-
Name of the table into which to copy the rows.
- rows
-
An array of data to be copied into table_name. Each value in rows becomes a row in table_name. Each value in rows should be a delimited string of the values to insert into each field. Values should be linefeed terminated.
- delimiter
-
The token that separates values for each field in each element of rows. Default is TAB.
- null_as
-
How SQL NULL values are represented in the rows. Default is \N ("\\N").
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 pg_copy_from() example
<?php
$db = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");
$rows = pg_copy_to($db, $table_name);
pg_query($db, "DELETE FROM $table_name");
pg_copy_from($db, $table_name, $rows);
?>